Dave and John sync up today, first talking about some cool things your two favorite geeks have been using, enhancing your traveling and shopping life – two important things this time of year! Then it's on to your questions with topics including Mavericks and Flash, iPhone battery usage, hard drives that won't mount, and more. Your geeks (and fellow listeners) also share few tips, including a way to use Little Snitch to limit your surprise data usage when traveling, too. Then the tables are turned with a few geek challenges to see if you can help out your fellow MGG listeners. A great show, just download, press play, and enjoy.

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Stuff mentioned:

History of Veterans Day
iOS: Using Passbook (2:35)
Speck CandyShell Card (3:49)
Automatic (7:40)
On-board diagnostics
CarMD
Red Laser
ShopSavvy
CardStar
Amazon App for iPhone
Mavericks Advanced Technologies (Including Safari Power Saver) (16:56)
Carat (23:57)
Battery Saver
External Hard Drive Troubleshooter for Mac OS (31:42)
Doug’s Scripts – Set Video Kind of Selected (38:23)
Being There
Being There – Bloopers
How to Upgrade to a new Mac running Mavericks (51:52)
Where to Find iPhone Backups (54:40)
Little Snitch 3 (58:49)
Can’t Unlock Mac OS X Preference Panes (1:06:44)
Photo Plus Expo 2013 (1:08:35)
LaCie USB3 USB Key
PNY StorEDGE
MacPhun Intensify
MacPhun Snapheal
WD MyCloud
SANDisk Extreme 190MB/s
MacTech Conference (1:24:05)
Star Trek Enterprise Bridge at MacTech
The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
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MGG 474: Tech, Travel and Shopping Tips, Limiting Your Data Usage & More